The European Defence Fund’s PRECISE project has officially commenced with FlySight playing a central role in developing the methodologies required to reconstruct critical infrastructure from remote sensing data.
Coordinated by GMV, the Prediction and Response of Effectors on Critical Infrastructure and Structural Environments (PRECISE) project brings together eleven entities from five EU Member States to bridge a critical capability gap in European defence.
Within this framework, FlySight is tasked with supporting core activities related to data collection and validation. The company’s expertise will be utilized to develop specific methodologies for extracting structural information from a variety of remote sensing sources, ensuring that the data used for architectural modelling is both accurate and operationally relevant.
The project integrates data from satellite imagery, SAR, LiDAR, and EO sensors to create automated 3D structural models of predominantly built-up environments. FlySight’s contributions to these reconstruction methodologies are essential for the system’s ability to predict interactions between structures and physical effectors. By improving the analysis of complex and dense environments, these efforts aim to enhance situational understanding for both military and civilian users, allowing for optimized operational planning with reduced uncertainty.
As the project moves through its initial phase of requirements definition and system architecture design, FlySight will further support the overall system integration. This technical foundation is intended to support demanding use cases such as resilient infrastructure design and urban planning. By leveraging artificial intelligence and multi-source data, the consortium seeks to strengthen European technological sovereignty and provide more precise decision-making tools for targeting and defense.
The initiative is expected to have a lasting impact on how European forces manage urban terrain. Regarding the project’s broader implications, Manuel Pérez Cortés, General Manager of Defence and Homeland Security at GMV, stated, “PRECISE marks an important advance for European structural modelling of critical infrastructures and effect prediction, leveraging multi-source data, artificial intelligence and advanced simulation to support demanding use cases related to targeting, resilient infrastructure design and urban planning, while strengthening European defence cooperation and technological sovereignty. PRECISE will certainly pave the way for future capability military gap-filling and spin-off opportunities.”
